Vocational/career Interests

Question 1

Women prefer creative jobs that are less structured and task-oriented

Answer 1

Furnham, 2005

Question 2

Men prefer STEM & women prefer design and socioeducational sectors

Answer 2

Kirkcaldy, 1988

Question 3

Circumscription and compromise theory: career choices determined by individuals’ self-perception, beliefs about jobs, their abilities, traits, and available opportunities

Answer 3

Gottfredson, 2005

Question 4

Trait complex theory attempts to integrate different constructs in differential psychology in order to bettett understand/predict acsdemic performance. Takes into account personality, motivation, mood, abilities, creativity, interests.

Answer 4

Snow, 1963; Ackerman 1996, 1999

Question 5

H*’s RIASEC typology posits that there are 6 types of interests for classifying both individuals and environments:

Answer 5

Realistic

Investigative

Artistic

Social

Enterprising

Coventional

Question 6

The theory of the six types is…

Answer 6

Hollan’d theory is that your personality type makes you seek out, thrive, and better fit into the very same environment as your personality type.

Question 7

This leads to…

Answer 7

Greater life satisfaction, success

Question 8

Traits closer on the hexagon…

Answer 8

Are closer to each other: investigative type better suited to artistic or realistic environments, but wouldn’t enjoy enterprising, social or conventional as much.

Question 9

Artistic personality job

Answer 9

Photographer

Question 10

Social personality job

Answer 10

Social worker, teacher

Question 11

Enterprising personality job

Answer 11

Lawyer

Question 12

Conventional job

Answer 12

Accountant

Question 13

Study that supports Holland?

Answer 13

Precise correlations between different types of interests (Furnham & Schaeffer, 1984; Furnham & Walsh, 1991)